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JAMES NIGHTINGA LE,

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QUILLER.

SPECIFICATEGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,607, dated January 17, 1888.

Application filed January B, 1857. Serial No. $33,723. (No model.)

a front view of a quiller embodying my irnprovement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken as indicated by the line x x, Fig. l, but on a larger scale.

Fig. 4 is a side view of certain parts, and Fig. 5 is a side View of certain other parts. Fig. (5

is a. side view showing a modification of certain parts, certain other parts being omitted or broken away for the sake of clearness. Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are drawn to the same scale as Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the frame ot' the quiller. AS shown, it consists, essentially, of a flat part, a, adapted to be secured by bolts B orl other means to the frame of a loom or to any other suitable support, and curved end portions,a,

which constitute means for supporting the various parts comprised in the quiller.

C designates a shaft, which in the present example of myimprovement occupies a vertical position, and is journaled in the end portions of the frame A. This is the principal shaftof the quiller. It is provided with a fast pulley, A', and a loose pulley, A2. Combined with these pulleys is a belt-shifter, A3, consisting ofa lever fulerumed to a pin or stud, @which extends from the frame A, and having a fork at the end whichextends into proxiniity with the pullf's A A2, and having the other end provided with a lug, which eX- tends approximately' parallel with the pin or stud a, or, in other words,which extends rear wardly from the lever. y

A* designates a spring, which is fastened at one end to the frame A, coiled around the stud or pin as, and at the forward end engaged with the arm of the lever which is provided with the lug at. rlhis spring tends to oscillate the lever so that its fork will shift the belt which is employed in connection with the shaft C `onto the loose pulley A2, The spring will always adjust the lever-so as to cause it to shift the belt onto the loose pulley, except when said spring is prevented from actuating the lever.

D designates an elbow or bell-crank lever fulcrumed at the middle to a pin or stud, d, which isafiixed to the frameA. rlhe upwardlyextending arm of this lever is provided with a notch, d,which is capable of receiving the lug c4 of the belt-shifter lever. The laterallyextending arm is provided with a slot,through which a rod, D, loosely extends.

After the belt-shifter lever has been adjusted, by manipulating the arm which is provided with the lug a into such position that its forked end will shift the belt onto the fast pulley A" the lever D will engage with t-he lug a1 ot' said beltshifter lever, and thereby lock the latter in position. Vhile the belt-shifter lever occupies this position the shaft C will of co'urse be continuously rotated.

rIhe rod D is provided with two collars, d2 d, which preferably are adjustable lengthwise of the rod. As shown, they7 are provided with set-screws aldi, whereby they may be clamped in posit-ion upon the rod after having been properly adjusted. One of the collars, d2, is above the arm of the lever D, which receives the rod D. The other collar, d, is below the leverD. The rod D normally hangs from the laterallyextending arm of the lever D. It serves as a weight whereby the lever D will have a tendency to rock into a proper position to engage with the lug c* of the belt-shifter lever whenever the latter shall be adjusted into such position as to bring its said lug aJg opposite the notch d of the lever D. N'Vhenever the rod D is moved upwardly to such an extent as to bring its collar d3 into contact with the laterally-extending arm of the lever D the lever D will be rocked in such direction that its notch d will be disengaged from the lug a* of the belt-shifter lever. Vhen this happens the spring A will rock the belt-shifter lever so as to cause it to shift the'belt from the fast pulley A to the loose pulley A2, inV order that the quiller may stop operating.

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The manner in which the rod D is adjusted upwardly for the purpose just mentioned will be fully described hereinafter.

The 4upper end of the shaft G extends into and through a box-like portion, ci, of the frame A, andwithin said box-like portion the shaft has affixed to it a gear-wheel, C. This gear-wheel C engages with a smaller gearwheel, E', which is affixed to a tubular shaft, E, forming the shank of a fiier, E E2. The arms E2 of the flier extend in opposite directions froni the shank E, thence downwardly, and thence toward each other, in the ordinary manner. The shank E of the fiicr is journaled in the box-like portion a2 of the frame A, and its gear-wheel E is contained within said box-like portion.

F designates a frame mounted upon the top of the box-like portion ci of the frame A, and is adapted to receive a shaft, F', upon which is mounted a spool of thread or yarn which is to be formed into a quill.

F2 designates a brake consisting of a lever fulcrumed at one end to an extension of the frame F, bearing at the other endl upon the thread or yarn which is wound upon the spool, and having hung from it between the ends a weight serving to produce the requisite teusion upon the thread or yarn during its passage from the spool. Leaving the spool, the thread or yarn passes through an eye, F, thence through the hollow ortubular shank E of the flier, and thence through one of the arms of the flier. By the latter it is wound around a quiller-rod to form a quill.

It will be understood that by means of the gear-wheels C E the shaft C effects the rotation of the flier. Obviously the rotation of the flier will always bear a fixed relation to the rotation of thel shaft G.

Gdesignatesthequill-spindle. Eachquillerrod Q* to be wound is tted to and temporarily secured upon this quill-spindle. The quill-spindle extends through a bearing, a5, forming part of the frame A. lt will be observed that the quill-spindle extends upwardly and the fiier extends downwardly in the present example of my improvement. The quillspindle docs not rotate, but has a longitudinal movement relatively to the flier. At the lower end it has extending laterally from it a pin or projection, G. To the pin or projection G is fastened a cord, G2. This cord G2 passes over a pulley, G, thatis mounted loosely upon a stud extending from the frame A, and at the lower end said cord has a weight, Gt, fastened to it. The weight G* moves the quillspindle upwardly, whenever permitted to do so, by the devices which control the movements of said quill-spindle.

I will now describe the means whereby the longitudinal movements of the quill-spindle are controlled.

Near the lower end the shaft C is provided with a worin, H, which is securely affixed thereto. This worm engages with a wormwheel, H, that is rigidly affixed to a shaft,

H2, arranged at right angles to the shaft C and supported in a bearing forming part of the frame A. The shaft H2 has also rigidly affixed to it a cam, I, which operates upon a lever, l. This lever at one eud is provided with an anti-friction roller or bowl adapted to bear against the cam I, and at the other end is fulcrumed to astud, a, affixed to an extension, al, of the frame A.

J designates another lever fulcrumed at one end to a hanger, J'. The hanger J is pivotally connected at the upper end to the stud a, which forms the fulcrum for thelever I. The lower portion of thehangerJislongitudinally slotted, and the lever J is connected to the slotted portion of the hanger by means of a bolt and nut, J. Owingto the slotting of the hanger provision is afforded for adjusting the fulerum of the lever J, consisting of the bolt J2, vertically toward or from the fulcrum a of the lever l', as may be necessary, in order to secure the desired operation of the lever J. The outer end of the lever J is pivotally connected to the pin or projection G', that extends from the lower end of the quillspindle.

The lever l has ahanger, l2, extendingfrom it. This hanger l'l is connected bya bolt and nut with said lever, heilig preferably slotted longitudinally where the boltpasses through it, so that the hanger may be adjusted to the desired relation with the fulcrum of the lever. The hanger l2 is longitudinally slotted throughout the greater portion of its length. This hanger has secured to it a bracket, K. Part of the bracket K extends through the slot of the hanger. A bolt or screw, K', passing through the bracket, then through the slot ot' the hanger, and also through a nut or block -on the opposite side of the hanger, serves to secure the bracket in place upon the hanger. The slotting of the hanger provides foradjusting the bracket to a nicety.

The bracket K supports a shaft, L, which extends approximately at right angles to the shaft C. This shaft L has affixed to it a ratchet-wheel, L. Adjacent to the ratchetwheel an elbow or a bell-crank lever, L2, is loosely hung. One arm cf this lever has a pawl, L3, pivotal] y connected to it. This pawl is weighted so that it will he caused to engage with the ratchet-wheel. The other arm ofthe lever has a block, L4, loosely mounted upon it, but held in place between a shoulder and a cross-piu. A pin, L, extends through this block L4 and also through a block, L, which is loosely mounted upon a rod, L7, but held in place thereon by two cross-pins extending through such rod above and below it. The pin L5 is loose in the blocks L4 L, hence the said blocks are pivotally connected together.

The rod L7 extends upwardly to the crank LB, which is affixed to the shaft H2. This crank is shown as being affixed to t-he shaft Il'2 through theintervention of the cam T. I mean by this that instead of being directly' secured to the shaft it is secured to the said cam, which is a fixture on the shaft. As shown, the crank IOO has a slotted portion, h, which rests upon a block that extends from the forward side of the cam I. A screw, It', passing through the slotted portion of the crank and entering the block of the cam, fastens the crank in place. The wrist or pin of the crank L8 has loosely mounted upon it a block, I. This block is retained in place upon the wrist of the crank by lmeans of a shoulder on one sideand a crosspin on the other side. The rod LT has aftixed toit a pin, Z', which enters the block Z, so as to be pivotally connected thereto. It will be obvious that the'block Z is therefore pivotally connected to the rod LT as well as to the crank LB. The pin Z is provided with a hole whereby it is adapted to tit upon'the rod Ll. It is also provided at one end with a setscrew extending into a tapped hole which intersects the hole of the pin which receives the/'rod L7. This setfscrew serves to secure the pin upon the rod, and provides for the adjustment ofthe pin into different positions lengthwise of the,

rod and for securing it when adjusted.

The crank LS imparts motion to the rod LT and this in turn oscillates the lever L, causing the pawl L3 of the lever to impart a partial rotary motion ofthe ratchet-wheel L', and hence of the shaft L. The extent of the motion thus imparted to theV shaft L may be varied as circumstances may require-as, for instance, to adapt the quiller to threads or yarns of different sizes or to the production of quills of different sizes by adjusting the point at which the crank LI3 is connected to the cam I or shaft II2 and the point of connection between the pin l' and the rod L7.

On the shaft L isa worm, L1", which engages with a wor1nwl1eel,L, mounted upona shaft,

L1". The shaft L12 isjournaled in a portion of the bracket K, and has atxed to it at the rear end a cam, M. Thecam M is shown as of theI kind which is known as a snail-cam. It operates upon a bearing, j, which is affixed to the lever J.'- This bearing is affixed to the lever by means of a screw, j', which passes through a longitudinal slot in the lever. This screw j' also secures to the lever a guide, jl, made in the form of abowl or roller,`which extends through the slot of the hanger l.

The hanger l2 is not connected to the lever J by means Aof the gnidejl, but is merely kept in proper relation therewith. Hence in the operation of the quiller the leverJ may swing relatively to the hanger ll without affecting the latter.

The cam I rotates with sufficient rapidity to allow the quill-spindle to move upward and cause it to move downward in the proper man,

`below the shoulder d5 of the rod D.

will he a'dditionalto the motion which said lever J would receive from the cam I alone.

The cam M, however, moves very slowly, owr upon the quill will begin and end at different points in the length ofthe quill. The shape of the cam I is such that the lever Jwill move at different portions of its swing or oscillation at different rates of speed. This will be advantageous, because the winding of the thread or yarn in one direction on the quill will be or form a convolution of quicker pitch that will cross the thrcador yarn wound in the rcverse direction upon the quill and bind or secure it in position on the quill. The cam M makes one rotation for each quill which is wound.` As soon as that peripheral portion of the cam M which is of greatest projection passes the bcaringj of the lever J the portion of said cam having the least projection comes opposite said bearing, and thereupon the weight G4 quickly raises the lever J until the bearingj is brought into contact with the portion ofthe cam M having the least projection. During this movement the quill-spindle will of course have a corresponding upward movement imparted to it. The objectof this movement of the levcrJ and quill-spindle is to stop the qniller. I will now describe how this is effected. The pin or projection G' at one end is provided with a slot, through which the rod D' extends. This rod Dnear the lower end is provided with a shoulder, d5. Vllcnever the quill-spindle is moved sufficiently far downwardly by the combined action ofthe cams l and M the edges of the slot in the pin G will move It will be observed that this rod D' is maintained at a slight incline by the pin or projection G. Obviously, therefore, it hasa tendency to assume a vertical position. This tendency causes it to swing in such direction that when the slotted portion of the pin G descends below the shoulder d5 the rod will swing and its said shoulder will lap over one ofthe edges of the slot in the pin or projection G'. The upward movement ofthe quill-spiudle, which next succeeds the'engagement ofthe pin or projection G' with the shoulder of the rod D', will cause the rod D to ascend also. Then the collar d3 of said rod will strike the lever D and oscillate said lever, so as to disengage it from the belt-shiftcr lever A3. W'hen this occurs the latter will shift the belt onto the loose pulley and the quiller will stop operating. y

The provision for the adjustment of the crank L8 with relation to the shaft that carries it and with relation to the rod Llatfords pro- ICO ieetion G.

vision for varying the speed at which the cam M will rotate relatively tothe speed of the cam I, and also relatively to the speed ofthe flier E As the time during which the quiller will remain in operation is dependent upon the time occupied by the cam M in makinga rotation, it will be obvious that by affording provision for varying the time in which the cam M will make a rotation l provide for adapting the quiller to operate properly with threads or yarns of different sizes. This isimportant, because obviously a thread or yarn of smaller size will require more winding than a thread or yarn of large size in order to produce a quill of desired size. And, again, where quills of different sizes are to be made there is advantage in the provision for varying the timein which the cam M will make a rotation.

It is to be observed that the adjusting mech anism which I have described does not vary the operation of all parts of the quillcr, but varies the time that the quiller will remain in operation without producing any variation of the speed ofthe flier or the speed of the longitudinal reciprocations of the quill-spindle.

Although I have shown the cam M as operating upon the quill-spindle through the agency of a lever, J, arranged between it and the quill-spindle,yetit is obvious that the lever is not indispensable to the desired operation of the quill-spindle by the said cam. For in stance, if the cam were made sufficiently large it might operate directly upon the pin or pro- To facilitate this, this pin might have an extension toward the cam, as shown in Figs. G and 7.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a main shalt, ofa flier operated by said main shaft, a reciprocating quill-spindle, means, substantially such as described, for raising the quillspindle when its reciprocations are to ceasc,ashaft provided with a cam and extending at right angles to said main shaft and deriving motion from said main shaft,a horizontally-cxtending lever actuated by said caln, a horizontallyextending shaft carried by said lever, mechanism, substantiallysuch as described, between this shaft and the shaft provided with the cam for translmitting motion from the last said shaft to the shaft carried by the lever, a cam also carried by the lever and deriving motion from the shaft which is carried by the lever, and means, substantially such as described, for transmitting motion from said second cam to the reciprocating quill spindle, between said cam and the quill-spindle, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a main shaft, of a flier operated by said main shaft, a reciprocating quill-spindle, means, substantially such as described, for raising the quill-spindle when its reciprocations are to cease, a shaft driven by said main shaft and provided with a cam, a lever actuated by said cam, a shaft carried by said lever, pawl-and-ratchet mechanism deriving motion from said main shaft and transmitting motion to the shaft carried by the lever, a second cam deriving motion from the shaft which is carried by said lever, and means, substantially such as described, between this second cam and the quillspindle for transmitting motionv from said second cam to the qnillg spindle, substantially as set forth.

3. rlhe combination, with a main shaft, ofa flier operated by said main shaft, a reciprocati ng quill-spindle, means, substantially such as described, for raising the quill-spindlewheu the reeiprocations are to cease, a shaft deriving motion from said main shaft and provided with a cam, a lever actuated by the cam, a crank upon the shaft which is provided with a cam, a shaft carried by the lever, mechanism, substantially such as described, between this shaft and the crank aforesaid, whereby motion is transmitted from said crank to the said shaft which is carried by the lever, a second cam deriving motion from the shaft which is carried by the lever, and means, substantially such as described, between the seel ond cam and the quiltspindle Vfor transmitting motion from said second cam tothe quill-spia dle, substantially as specified.

4. rlhe combination, with a main shaft, ofa flier operated by said main shaft, a reciprocating quill-spindle, means, substantially such as described, vl'or raising the quill-spindle when its reeiprocations are to cease, a shaft deriving motion from said main shaft and provided with a cam, a lever actuated by the cam, a crankwrist, means, substantially such as described, for adj ustabl y connecting the crank-wrist with the shaft which is provided with a cam, a shaft carried by the lever, mechanism, substantially such as described, between the shaft and the crank aforesaid, whereby motion is transmitted from the crank to said shaft which is carried by the lever, and means, substantially such as described, for transmitting motion from said second cam to the quillspindlc, between the second cam and the quillspindlc, substantially as set forth. A

5. rlhe combination, with a main shaft, C, of a flier driven by said main shaft, a shaft, H2, also driven by said main shaft, a cam on the shaft H2, a lever actuated by said cam, a shaft, L, carried by said lever, a pawl-andratchet mechanism between the shaft H2 and the shaft L, a shaft, L12, deriving motion from the shaft L and provided with a cam, M, a reciproeatin g quillspindlc, means, substantially such as described, for raising the quill-spindle,and means,substantiallysuch as described, for transmitting motion from thecam M to the quill-spindle, between the cam M and the quillspindle, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a main shaft, C, a flier driven by said main shaft, a shaft, H2, driven by said main shaft, a cam affixed to said shaft H2, a lever, l, actuated by said cam, a hanger, means, substantially such as desc1ibed,whe1eby said hanger is adj ustably connected to said lever l', a shaft carried by said hanger, mechanism, substantially such as de- IOC scribed, between the shaft H2 andthe shaft carried by the hanger,aeam carried by the hanger for imparting motion to the last-named shaft and deriving motion from the shaft Which is also carried by the hanger, a reciprocating quill-spindle, means, substantially such as described, for raising the quilhspindle when its reciproeatons are to cease, a lever connected x ywith the reciprocating quillspindle provided with a bearing upon which the cam which is carried by the hanger Operates, and means, substantially such as described, for adjusting said bearing into diiferent positions, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a main shaft, C., of aflier'driven by said main shaft, a shaft, H2, driven by said main shaft, a cam on said shaft H2, a lever, I', actuated by the cam I, a shaft, L, carried by the lever I', a crank-Wrist, means, substantially such as described, for adjust-ably connecting the crank-Wrist with the shaft H2, a ratchet-wheel on the shaft L, a 1ever carrying` a pawl, a rod connected to the lever which carries the pawl, means, substantially such as described, for adjustably c0nnecting said rod with the crank, a cam, M, carried by said lever and driven by the shaft which is carried by said lever, areciprocating quill-spindle, means, substantially such as described, for raising said quill-spindle when its reciprocations are to cease, and means, substantially such as described, for transmitting motion from the cam MA to the quill-spindle, between the cam and the quill-spindle, substantially as set forth.

J AMES NIGHTINGALE.

Vitnesses: D. H. DRIscoLL, M. J. ROACH. 

